disfigure

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman desfigurer

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈfɪɡə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈfɪɡjɚ/

Verb

disfigure (third-person singular simple present disfigures, present participle disfiguring, simple past and past participle disfigured)

Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
The burnings disfigured his face.

Translations

change appearance to the negative

Catalan: desfigurar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 變醜 (zh), 变丑 (zh) (biànchǒu)
Danish: vansire, skamfere
Finnish: turmella (fi), runnella (fi)
French: défigurer (fr)
German: entstellen (de), verunstalten (de)
Irish: ainimhigh, máchailigh

Japanese: 醜くする (ja) (みにくくする, minikuku suru)
Latin: dēturpō
Portuguese: desfigurar (pt)
Russian: уро́довать (ru) impf (uródovatʹ), изуро́довать (ru) pf (izuródovatʹ)
Spanish: desfigurar (es)
Swedish: vanställa (sv)
Tagalog: despigurahin, papangitin
Welsh: hagru (cy)

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